Community Engagement at FloodNet
Community Engagement
Through the integration of a designated community engagement (CE) team, FloodNet NYC aims to foster sustainable impact within communities most at risk. Informed by community-based participation research methodology and implementation frameworks, our CE strategy has three prongs--community outreach, community education, and community action--and leverages a public health lens to ground our approach in both theory and practice.
FloodNet is a great example of what happens when the city gets involved with other experts like folks who work in academia and folks who are on the ground working in the community. If it works well here, it can work well in other spaces, too.
Christian Murphy, Bronx River Alliance
Community Outreach
Our CE team connects with stakeholders to learn about their experience with flooding, identify areas prone to flooding, encourage feedback to inform sensor deployment, and build relationships. Outreach occurs with communities across the city through presentations, meetings, workshops, site visits, 1:1 conversation and feedback sessions, and other community-building efforts.
Community Education
Our CE team engages partners and other stakeholders interested in participating in hands-on learning opportunities, offering regular feedback, and collaborating on the development of educational programming and materials. Led by our Community Engagement Manager, the CE team developed the FloodNet Community Workshop Series, which offers three distinct learning modules and sensor technology, FloodNet data access and interpretation, methods of data collection, and dialogue about community priorities related to flood resilience.
